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Photo gallery: Communities mourn slain McKeesport police Officer Sean Sluganski

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Massoud Hossaini | Tribune-Review
The American flag is backlit from the sun during McKeesport police Officer Sean Sluganski’s funeral procession on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023.
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Louis B. Ruediger | Tribune-Review
Slain McKeesport police Officer Sean Sluganski is placed in a hearse at St. Albert the Great Church in Baldwin, and roughly a thousand police officers attended the funeral.
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Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review
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Sean Stipp | Tribune-Review
Boy Scout troop 1111 and Pack 31 show their support as the funeralʰrocessionʦor slain McKeesport Police Officer Sean Sluganskiʤrives along Lebanon Church Road.
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Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review
Police vehicles are lined up inside St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church Cemetery ahead of the funeral for McKeesport police Officer Sean Sluganski at St. Albert the Great church in Baldwin on Tuesday.
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Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review
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Julia Maruca | Tribune-Review
A number of decorations at the police station in McKeesport ahead of the procession later today for slain Officer Sean Sluganski. The ‘We love you Slug’ signs are also in front of several businesses along Lysle Boulevard.
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Ryan Deto | Tribune-Review
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Courtesy of John F. Slater Funeral Home
McKeesport Police Officer Sean Sluganski

The funeral for fallen McKeesport police Officer Sean Sluganski, 32, of McKees­port will be held at noon today at St. Albert the Great, Blessed Trinity Parish.

Sluganski was shot and killed on Feb. 6 while responding to a domestic dispute between a man and his mother on Wilson Street.

McKeesport Officer Chuck Thomas was also wounded.

The procession will start at the funeral in Baldwin borough, travel through McKeesport, and finish at a cemetery in Pleasant Hills.

The route will be closed during the time of the procession, so residents should expect some closures from about 2 to 5 p.m.




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Massoud Hossaini | Tribune-Review

Residents show their solidarity and support during Officer Sean Sluganski’s funeral procession to McKeesport.


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Massoud Hossaini | Tribune-Review

Residents show their solidarity and support during Officer Sean Sluganski’s funeral procession in McKeesport.


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Massoud Hossaini | Tribune-Review

Residents and Fire Departments show their solidarity and support during Officer Sean Sluganski’s funeral procession in McKeesport.


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Massoud Hossaini | Tribune-Review

Residents show their solidarity and support during Officer Sean Sluganski’s funeral procession to McKeesport.


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Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review

Brothers Dylan Henry (left), 12, and Richard Henry, 15, both of Baldwin, hold a flag as a procession for slain McKeesport police Officer Sean Sluganski makes its way along Brownsville Road in Brentwood.


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Sean Stipp | Tribune-Review

Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Mounted Patrol stand watch as the procession for slain McKeesport Police Officer Sean Sluganski drives past at Jefferson Memorial Cemetery.


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Sean Stipp | Tribune-Review

A procession for slain McKeesport Police Officer Sean Sluganski drives along Lebanon Church Rd en route to McKeesport before heading to Jefferson Memorial Cemetery.


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Louis B. Ruediger | Tribune-Review

Brackenridge Police officer Cynthia Bush, and Harrison Twp Police Sgt. Justin Bouch sit quietly on a step during the funeral service for slain McKeesport police Officer Sean Sluganski at St. Albert the Great Church in Baldwin.


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Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review

The procession for slain McKeesport police Officer Sean Sluganski makes its way along Brownsville Road in Brentwood.


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Louis B. Ruediger | Tribune-Review

Pittsburgh Diocese Bishop Zubik exits St. Albert the Great Church in Baldwin after the funeral service for slain McKeesport police Officer Sean Sluganski.


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Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review

The body of McKeesport police Officer Sean Sluganski arrives at St. Albert the Great Church in Baldwin on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023.


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Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review

State police lead the procession to St. Albert the Great church for the funeral of McKeesport police Officer Sean Sluganski in Baldwin on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023.


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Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review

Pennsylvania State Police troopers arrive for the funeral of McKeesport police Officer Sean Sluganski in Baldwin on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023.


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Louis B. Ruediger | Tribune-Review

A member of the Pittsburgh Police Pipes & Drums directs the group in to position Tuesday at the funeral for slain McKeesport police Officer Sean Sluganski in Baldwin.


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Louis B. Ruediger | Tribune-Review

The body of slain McKeesport police Officer Sean Sluganski is carried into the St. Albert the Great Church in Baldwin for his funeral service. Tuesday, Feb 14, 2023.


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Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review

People watch as the procession for McKeesport police Officer Sean Sluganski makes its way to St. Albert the Great church off of Churchview Avenue in Baldwin on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023.


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Louis B. Ruediger | Tribune-Review

Pete Kotula of South Park came out to support the blue during the funeral service for slain McKeesport police Officer Sean Sluganski in Baldwin Tuesday, Feb 14, 2023.


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Julia Maruca | Tribune-Review

A number of decorations at the police station in McKeesport ahead of the procession later today for slain Officer Sean Sluganski. The “We love you Slug” signs are also in front of several businesses along Lysle Boulevard.


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Julia Maruca | Tribune-Review

A number of decorations at the police station in McKeesport ahead of the procession later today for slain Officer Sean Sluganski. The “We love you Slug” signs are also in front of several businesses along Lysle Boulevard.


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Ryan Deto | Tribune-Review

Police officers from across the region and state have lined up in formation before the body of fallen McKeesport officer Sean Sluganksi arrives at St. Albert the Great Blessed Trinity Parish in Baldwin borough. Sluganksi grew up very close to the church.


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Julia Felton | Tribune-Review

Jim Bolich and Chris Mitchell are greeting a line of police from local municipalities, state police and areas as far as Erie ahead of a funeral today for fallen McKeesport Officer Sean Sluganski.


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Ryan Deto | Tribune-Review

Police officers are arriving for fallen McKeesport officer Sean Sluganski’s funeral in Baldwin Borough just outside of Pittsburgh. Sluganski was killed in the line of duty Feb. 6, 2023, while responding to a domestic/ mental health incident in the city.


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